Dual Video Card G4

#1 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 - 03:46 68kMLA

Since I am not using the second G3 I got, would installing the video card into one of my G4's PCI slots speed up graphics processing time?

#2 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 - 07:39 68kMLA

Nope! It would let you use extra screens, though.

#3 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 - 14:14 68kMLA

PCI is a slower bus than AGP, and shared. The otherwise-same card in an AGP version will always be faster than it's PCI cousin. But if your PCI card is a lot better than your AGP card, maybe.

#4 Fri, 2 Jan 2009 - 12:42 68kMLA

If you have an AGP slot, try to buy a used (or new) PC AGB card and flash it.

Several sites contain information:

http://www.ehmac.ca/anything-mac/27249-flashing-vga-cards-mac.html

http://www.cybercoment.com/macgeforce.htm

http://forums.mactalk.com.au/33/28635-flashing-geforce-video-card-mac.html

http://xenomorph.net/apple/flash-pc-video-cards-for-use-in-a-mac/

http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2006/6/3/234045/4651

Just use google, the second link is good.

G4 cube users flash graphic cards for their machines.

#5 Fri, 2 Jan 2009 - 18:54 68kMLA

Okay, ~Coxy was the only person that seemed to know what I was trying to do. I wondered if there was some mode where you coul use a spare video card as a Dual-Processor/vRAM.

#6 Fri, 2 Jan 2009 - 19:24 68kMLA

^ nope

#7 Fri, 2 Jan 2009 - 19:39 68kMLA

Of course not!

Sell the extra card you have and buy a powerful PC card and flash it.

#8 Fri, 2 Jan 2009 - 19:54 68kMLA

^^

So like a brand new one off the shelf?

#9 Fri, 2 Jan 2009 - 20:29 68kMLA

Powerful comparing to the ones in the G4. Sorry

#10 Fri, 2 Jan 2009 - 20:42 68kMLA

I have dual video cards in my dual processor G4. It works great, the only issue is sometimes after you wake it the second screen turns the mouse blue, after something changes it to either the beachball or watch(itunes still uses this) its fine.